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Books:

24 Seconds to Shoot: The Birth and Improbable Rise of the National Basketball Association by Leonard Koppett

100 Greatest Basketball Moments of All Time by Alex Sachare

100 Unforgettable Moments in Pro Basketball by Bob Italia

100 Years of Illinois State Redbird Basketball by Bryan Bloodworth, Roger Cushman, Kenny Mossman

        and Tom Lamonica

Adolph Rupp: Kentucky's Basketball Baron by Russell Rice

Allen Iverson: Fear No One by John Smallwood

America's Dream Team: The1992 USA Basketball Team by Chuck Daly

The Amazing Basketball Book: The First 100 Years by Bob Hill and Randall Baron

 

Asphalt Gods: An Oral History of the Rucker Tournament by Vincent M. Mallozzi

 

At the Buzzer! Steals, Erving Soars, Magic Deals, Michael Scores by Brian Burwell and narrated by Bill Walton

 

Bad as I Wanna Be by Dennis Rodman 

 

Basketball Arenas by Tom Owens

Basketball Biographies: 434 U.S. Players, Coaches and Contributors to the Game (1891-1990)  by Martin Taragano

Basketball by the Numbers by Dale Ratermann

Basketball Hall of Fame's Hoop Facts and Stats by Alex Sachare

Basketball Hall of Famers

Basketball Is My Game: How I Learned to Love the Sport by Paul E. Zeltwanger

Basketball Jones: America Above the Rim by Todd Boyd and Kenneth L Shropshire (editors)

     Contributions by Aaron Baker, Mark Conrad, Sohail Daulatzi, Gerald Early, Tina Sloan Green, Davis W. Houck

     Tara McPherson, Charles J. Ogletree Jr., James Peterson, Larry Platt, Susan J. Rayl, Earl Smith
Basketball Legends by Chuck Daly

Basketball Legends by Greg Garber

Basketball Legends of All Time by Nick Rousso

 

Basketball Man: James Naismith by Berniss Larson Webb

 

Basketball Shorts: 1001 of the Game's Funniest One-liners by Glenn Liebman

A Basketball Summer: The Pro-Game As It's Played in the Off-Season by Sam Amico

Basketball's Best Shots by Walt Frazier

 

Best Seat in the House: A Basketball Memoir by Spike Lee, contributor Ralph Wiley

 

Beyond the Norm: A Salute to MIssouri's Norm Stewart by Columbia Daily Tribune

Big Blue: 100 Years of Kentucky Wildcat Basketball by Michael Bradley

 

Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure by Alexander Wolff

 

Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love by Larry Bird et al

Boston Celtic's Encyclopedia by Peter C. Bjarkman

Bravehearts: The Against-All-Odds Rise of Gonzaga Basketball by Bud Withers et al

The Bruin 100: The Greatest Games in the History of UCLA Basketball

     by Scott Howard-Cooper & Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Burned Orange: Tom Panders and 10 Years at the University of Texas by Kyle Dalton

A Coach's Life: My 40 Years in College Basketball by Dean E. Smith

Counting Coup: A True Story of Basketball and the Honor of the Little Big Horn by Larry Colton

Daly Life - Every Day a Struggle: Memoirs of a World-Champion Coach by Chuck Daly and Joe Falls

 

Drive: How Vince Carter Conquered the NBA by Chris Young

 

Drive: The Story of My Life by Larry Bird et al

A Drive to Win: The Story of Nancy-Lieberman-Cline by Doreen Greenberg, Michael Greenberg, Phil Velikan et al

Fighting Illini Basketball - A Hardwood Story by the News-Gazette

Five-Point Play: The Story of Duke's Amazing 2000-2001 Championship Season by Mike Krzyzewski

 

For the Love of the Game by Michael Jordan

 

For the Thrill of It: IU Basketball in the Assembly Hall Era by Melanie Tolliver

The Game They Played by Stanley Cohen

The Gifts of Jimmy V: A Coach's Legacy by Bob Valdano 

A Good Man: The Pete Newell Story by Bruce Jenkins

 

Glory Days: On Sports, Men and Dreams that Don't Doe - A memoir by Bill Reynolds

 

Greatest Basketball Story Ever Told by Greg Guffy

 

A Hard Road to Glory: Basketball: The African-American Athlete in Basketball by Arthur R. Jr. Ashe,

       Kip Branch, Ocania Chalk, Francis Harris

A History of Basketball for Girls and Women: From Bloomers to Big Leagues by Joanne Lannin

Homecourt Advantage by Rita Ewing and Crystal McCrary

Hoosiers Hysteria Road Book: A Guide to the Byways of Indiana High School by Dale Lawrence

I May Be Wrong, But I Doubt It by Charles Barkley, edited by Michael Wilbon

I Remember Pete Paravich: Personal Recollections of Basketball's Pistol Pete by the People Who Knew Him by Mike Towle 

 

In the Paint: Tattoos in the NBA and the Stories Behind Them by Andrew Gottlieb

 

In These Girls, Hope Is A Muscle by Madeleine Blais

Illini Legends, Lists and Lore, 2nd edition, by Mike Pearson

Inside Women's College Basketball: Anatomy of a Season by Richard Kent (editor) and C. Vivian Stringer

Jim O'Brien: Bucking the Odd

The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of a Turbulent Season With MIchael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls

    by Sam Smith, edited by Doug Grud

A Journey in Overseas Basketball by Dave Adkins

Jud: A Magical Journey by Jud Heathcote

Kansas Jayhawks: History of Making Basketball by John Hendel

 

King James: Believe  Hype: The LebRon James Story by Ryan Jones

 

Kobe: Air Apparent by Joe Laden

 

The Kobe Bryant Story: Wayne Coffey

 

Knight: My Story by Bobby Knight et al

 

Knight Fall: Bobby Knight: The Truth Behind America's Most Controversial Coach by Phil Berger

 

Kobe: The Story of the NBA's Rising Star by Joseph Layden

Kobe Bryant: Basketball Big Shot by Jeff Savage

The Last Amateurs: Playing for Glory and Honor in Division 1 College Basketball by John Feinstein

The Last Banner: The Story of the 1985-86 Celtics, NBA's Greatest Team of All Time by Peter May

The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams by Darcy Frey

A Legacy of Champions: The Story of the Men Who Built University of Kentucky Basketball by Rick Bozich

     Pat Forde, C. Ray Hall, Mark Woods and Mike Bynum

 

LeBron James: The Rise of a Star by David Lee Morgan Jr.

 

Legends of College Basketball: The 100 Greatest Players of All Time by Sporting News and Mike DeCourcy

Lenny, Lefty, and the Chancellor: The Len Bias Tragedy and the Search for Reform In Big-Time College Basketball

   by C. Fraser Smith

Life on the Run by Bill Bradley

Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association - As Told by the Player,

   Coaches, and Movers and Shakers Who Made It Happen by Terry Pluto

 

A March to Madness by John Feinstein

 

March to the Finals: The History of College Basketball's Illustrious Finale by Alan Minsky

Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism (new and expanded edition) by Walter Lafeber

Michael Jordan Speaks: Lessons from the World's Greatest Champion by Janet Lowe

Mindgames: Phil Jackson's Long, Strange Journey by Roland Lazenby

          Money Players: Inside the New MBA by Armen Keteyan and Harvey Araton

More Than a Game by Phil Jackson and Charley Rosen

More Than a Game: Why North Carolina Basketball Means So Much To So Many by Thad Williamson

My Life by Earvin 'Magic' Johnson and William Novack

My Life on a Napkin: Pillow Mints, Playground Dreams, and Coaching the Running Utes by Rick Majerus.

My Losing Season by Palestra Pandemonium: A History of the Big Five by Robert S Lyons

The Odds: One Season, Three Gamblers, and the Death of Their Last Las Vegas by Chad Millman

Oh, What A Knight / Knightmares by Rich J. Wolfe

 

Only the Strong Survive: The Odyssey of Allen Iverson by Larry Platt

 

The Origins of the Jump Shot: Eight Men Who Shook the World of Basketball by John Christgau

Passing Off  by Tom LeClair

 

Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made by David Halberstam

 

The Punch: One Night, Two Lives and the Fight That Changed Basketball Forever by John Feinstein

Quotable Wooden: Words of Wisdom, Preparation, and Success By and About John Wooden,

    College Basketball's Greatest Coach by John R. Wooden and John Reger

 

Raw Recruits by Alexander Wolff and Armen Keteyan

 

Russell Rules: 11 Lessons on Leadership from the Twentieth Century's Greatest Winner

    by Bill Russell & Alan Hilburg

 

Sacred Hoops: Spiritual Lessons of a Hardwood Warrier by Phil Jackson et al

 

A Season on the Brink: A Year With Bobby Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers by John Feinstein

Shaq Talks Back by Shaquille O'Neal

Shooting from the Outside: How a Coach and Her Olympic Team Transformed Women's Basketball by Tara Vanderveer

 

Skywalker by David Thomson, Sean Stormes and Marshall Terrill 

 

Sole Influence: Basketball, Corporate Greed, and the Corruptions of America's Youth by Dan Wetzel and Don Yaeger

 

 

Sole Provider: Thirty Years of NIKE Basketball by Robert "Scoop" Jackson

 

Spin Moves by J.D. Scrimgeour

 

String Music: Inside the Rise of SEC Basketball by Chris Dortch

 

Strong to the Hoop by John Coy

 

Sweet Redemption: How Gary Williams and Maryland Beat Death and Despair to Win the NCAA Championship

    by Gary Williams and David D. Vise

They Call Me Coach by John R. Wooden and Jack Tobin

Tommy Nunez: A Real-Life Reader Biography by Sue Boulais and Barbara J. Marvis

Trial by Basketball: The Life and Times of Tex Winter by Mark Bender and Phil Jackson

Values of the Game by Bill Bradley and Phil Jackson

Valvano: They Gave Me A Lifetime Contract, and Then They Declared Me Dead by Jim Valvano

 

Vince Carter: The Air Apparent by Bill Harris

 

Walk of a Lifetime by Alexander Meechom

 

When Nothing Else Counts: Michael Jordan's Last Comeback by Michael Leahy

The Winner Within: A Life Plan for Team Players by Pat Riley

Winning Sounds Like This: A Season with the Women's Basketball Team at Gallaudet,

    the World Only Deaf University by Wayne Coffey

The Wizard of Odds: How Jack Molinas Almost Destroyed The Game by Charley Rosen

Wooden by coach John R. Wooden

 

Young, Black, Rich and Famous: The Rise of the NBA, The Hip Hop Invasion and the Transformation of American Culture by Todd Boyd

 

        

 
 
 
 

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